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SIX YEAR OLD SON WITH ASD

puffin

Hi All,

New to this site, my son has not yet been formally diagnosed but his teacher called us in to shool ten months ago now after my son was struggling to settle into P1, she first suggested he was on the spectrum my husband and i were blissfully unaware Frown he is our only child and we live in a remote area so we have never really compared him to others!  We now meet every 3 months with his school and he is progressing and i am more confused than ever!!  i have read loads of books and still have more questions. I am sad and yet know how lucky i am to have my lovely child but i fear for him his naievity,his anxiety in new situations, he does not stand out from the crowd too much at the moment but i fear this will worsen with age.  I suspect Aspergers as he was not late in developement and is quite clever.  His school say not worth being formally accessed till he is due to go to high school as there is no more they can do locally.  At the moment they run a lego club, and do circle time to cover emotions, is there any thing else that can be done ?  They say they are dealing with any issues he has not been statemented, should i get him assessed?  It is just i have read early intervention can be a great help and i want to do all i can.

Thank you

 

 

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  • Hello all,

    Thank you again for your help and advice.  I am due to meet with the school again in February and i will discuss this with them again and verify why they do not think he would get one to one support, ( as they mentioned no benefit in getting my son assessed at the moment as the would get no additional help) .  i am not sure if this is because they do not feel he needs it at present as he is making progress with school help alone, or simply no funding available?

    When my son is at home sometimes really relaxed just me and his Dad he is absouloutly fine and i imagine it is all just a mistake and he is simply shy !  yes i know, but then when he gets a bit stressed if they have swimming at school or gym, as he is not completly sure what to expect he has to be on the school bus in the morning if he missed it i think he would have a meltdown so i have  chosen not to test that theory.  He does drone on to me and his Dad at times about Skylanders or moshi monsters unable to see the lack of interest as it is always a very one sided conversation!  He does thankfully have a best friend helped by there love of wii games !! they have there usesTongue Out !  i think we are lucky at the moment i would say my son suffers mildly but things may change i already plan to home tutor if he cannot cope with stress and journey to high school, although i know that is a long way off. 

    I think alot of the time my sons symptoms are mild beceuse we do not push him, we are solitary people any way, he goes to a small school ,at weekends we tend to do the same things or ask our son what he wants to do as we are pleased to accomodate him as if he is happy so are we!  My husband and i dont go out and we have  never left son with minders , just never have.  SO ALL THE THINGS Aspies would normally find upsetting or stressful he is guarded against, i hope that is a good thing?!  He loves holidays but does like to be involved in the planning.  I am hopefull for the future, my husband who is definatly an undiagnosed mild  aspie is in full time employement and very accomplished and i do look at him and feel hopeful if he did it so can our son. 

    Thank you

     

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  • Hello all,

    Thank you again for your help and advice.  I am due to meet with the school again in February and i will discuss this with them again and verify why they do not think he would get one to one support, ( as they mentioned no benefit in getting my son assessed at the moment as the would get no additional help) .  i am not sure if this is because they do not feel he needs it at present as he is making progress with school help alone, or simply no funding available?

    When my son is at home sometimes really relaxed just me and his Dad he is absouloutly fine and i imagine it is all just a mistake and he is simply shy !  yes i know, but then when he gets a bit stressed if they have swimming at school or gym, as he is not completly sure what to expect he has to be on the school bus in the morning if he missed it i think he would have a meltdown so i have  chosen not to test that theory.  He does drone on to me and his Dad at times about Skylanders or moshi monsters unable to see the lack of interest as it is always a very one sided conversation!  He does thankfully have a best friend helped by there love of wii games !! they have there usesTongue Out !  i think we are lucky at the moment i would say my son suffers mildly but things may change i already plan to home tutor if he cannot cope with stress and journey to high school, although i know that is a long way off. 

    I think alot of the time my sons symptoms are mild beceuse we do not push him, we are solitary people any way, he goes to a small school ,at weekends we tend to do the same things or ask our son what he wants to do as we are pleased to accomodate him as if he is happy so are we!  My husband and i dont go out and we have  never left son with minders , just never have.  SO ALL THE THINGS Aspies would normally find upsetting or stressful he is guarded against, i hope that is a good thing?!  He loves holidays but does like to be involved in the planning.  I am hopefull for the future, my husband who is definatly an undiagnosed mild  aspie is in full time employement and very accomplished and i do look at him and feel hopeful if he did it so can our son. 

    Thank you

     

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